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NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Helping Financial Advisors Build a Clientele and Assets Under Management (AUM)!
NOWOTNY KNOWS SQUAT! Helping Financial Advisors Build a Clientele and Asset Under Management (AUM)!
Podcast: Federal Court Rejects Mutual Fund Fee Claims and Recognizes Market Realities
Thomson Reuters Session 2: Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Registered Mutual Funds: What's Happening Now?
Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues
One of the most talked about topics in asset management is the possibility of offering Mutual Fund and ETF Classes in the same Fund. For fund sponsors and service providers looking to offer this service, there are significant...more
Introduction - On March 17, 2025, Ropes & Gray published a white paper describing the much-anticipated Share Class Relief 1 and outlining matters we believed Advisers and Boards may want to consider in connection with...more
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gained an increasing foothold in the wealth-management investment universe, with ETF assets under management currently about half the assets under management of mutual funds. As the ETF...more
Vanguard announced expense ratio reductions to 168 mutual fund and exchange-traded share classes across 87 funds. The reductions will save investors more than $350 million in 2025 alone, the largest annual expense ratio...more
UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS - In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more
The Division of Examinations staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a risk alert on October 26, 2021, titled “Observations from Examinations in the Registered Investment Company Initiatives,” which...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed comprehensive modifications to the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs and, collectively with mutual funds, funds). The purpose of...more
In a substantial August 5, 2020, release (the Proposal), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to the existing disclosure framework applicable to mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (open-end...more
In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from October 2019 to early January 2020 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on use of derivatives by registered...more
In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more
New Rules, Propsed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Extends No-Action Relief on Auditor Independence and the “Loan Provision” - On September 22, 2017, the staff of the SEC’s...more
Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. SEC, FINRA...more